World Engineers' Convention 2011 Engineers Power the World - Facing the Global Energy Challenge. 4-9 September 2011
Event details
| Date | 04.09.2011 › 09.09.2011 |
| Location |
The International Conference Center Geneva (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
World Engineers' Convention 2011 in Geneva
September 2011 will see Geneva become the key international venue for engineers. The World Engineers' Convention 2011 (WEC 2011) seeks to encourage innovative engineering aimed at solving the problem of globally sustainable use of energy.
How can we provide sufficient energy for everyone around the globe? How can we meet the energy needs of the world's population fairly? How can we prevent conflicts over energy? These are just a few of the burning issues to be addressed by WEC 2011.
Engineers from all over the world will get together in Geneva from 4-9 September 2011. The title of the convention Engineers Power the World – Facing the Global Energy Challenge reflects its focus on energy as one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. It will promote sustainable use and identify future-proof solutions in the areas of mobility and transport urban development and construction energy conversion logistics renewable energy and storage and rational end use and large consumers.
Working with Prestigious Partners for a World-class Outcome Switzerland was mandated to host WEC 2011 by the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) the association of national engineering organizations from more than 90 countries
representing some 15 million engineers worldwide. The organizational aspects have been entrusted to the Swiss organizations Swiss Engineering SIA Electrosuisse and FTAL. Swiss partners include the two Federal Institutes of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) and Lausanne (EPFL) the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) Swiss universities of applied sciences the
Swiss Federal Government and industry and business associations. International partners include UNESCO and FEANI (the European Federation of National Engineering Associations).
The Program Committee includes representatives of ETH EPFL the Paul Scherrer Institute Switzerland’s Federal Energy Commission and international experts including representatives of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) and the US Alliance of Engineering Associations.
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Practical information
- General public
- Free
Contact
- info(at)wec2011.ch